Dr David Mcilroy
NAME Dr David Mcilroy ROLE Senior Lecturer ADDRESS Room 445 Henry Cotton Building
School of Psychology
Liverpool John Moores University
15-21 Webster Street
Liverpool
L3 2ETTELEPHONE +44 (0)151 231 4361 EMAIL @ljmu.ac.uk d.mcilroy RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Personality Models and Measures. Psychometrics (Scale Construction and Testing). Education (Second and Third Levels). Health and Well Being. Emotional Intelligence. Entrepreneurship.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
McIlroy, D., Sadler, C. & Boojawon, N. (2007). Computer phobia and computer self-efficacy: their association with undergraduates’ use of university computer facilities. Computers in Human Behaviour, 23, 1285-1299.
Mcilroy, D. (2006). Book Chapter in J. Blythe (Ed.), Marketing. London: Sage Publications Ltd.
Mcilroy, D. (2006). Book Chapter in U. Smartt (Ed.), Criminal Justice. London: Sage Publications Ltd.
Mcilroy, D. (2006). Book Chapter in J. Treadwell (Ed.), Criminology. London: Sage Publications Ltd.
Mcilroy, D. (2006). Book Chapter in A. Gazely & M. Lambert (Eds.), Management Accounting. London: Sage Publications Ltd.
GRANTS OBTAINED:
Awarded grant of £3,000 from the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (November, 2001) with colleague, Nadine Boojawon. "Students' use of the computer facilities at LJMU". Findings were later published in Computers in Human Behavior. Liverpool John Moores University.
LJMU Enterprise Fellowship: £3000 awarded with colleagues Andy Tattersall and Juliet Reid. "Assessing the feasibility of testing for Entrepreneurial Ability".
LJMU Award (February, 2007) for excellence in teaching (£2, 000).
LJMU Award (February, 2007) for research activities (£3, 000.)
MODULES:
PSYAP2004 Differential Psychology (Module Leader)
PSYAP2012 Psychometrics (Module Leader)
PSYAP1019 Research Methods
PSYAP1015 Learning and Cognition
PSYAP3001 Dissertation (Supervisor)
PSYHPM014 Psychologcal Aspects of Health and Illness (Module Leader)
Thesis supervisor for MSc Health and Occupational Programmes PhD Supervision
TOPICS FOR DISSERTATION SUPERVISION:
Personality and educational performance. Emotional Intelligence. Subjective Well Being / Quality of life. Applications of personality (various)
ACADEMIC ROLES:
Teaching and Learning Coordinator
Member of School Management Team
Member of Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Member of the Higher Education Academy
Graduate member of the British Psychological Society and the Psychological Society of Ireland
External Examiner for the University of Ulster
